We just started playing GK1. After the intro when Gabriel goes into the Bookstore, I lose all sound. Then after he speaks with Grace it will lock up. I did get as far as him walking out the door but it locked up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" /> Any ideas as to why I lose sound then lock up. I am using Windows 98.

(assuming you have the original CD version and not the version that came with the GK Mysteries set)

It's a zip file, so you'll need something like Winzip to unzip it with.

Here are the instructions from the Readme:

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Gabriel Knight - CD-ROM Version Patch to Update to Version 1.0a January 10, 1993

INTRODUCTION

This diskette or archive file contains the necessary files to update your copy of Gabriel Knight CD to version 1.0a. This update corrects several problems described below.

PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES YOU MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED WITH THIS PROGRAM, IT WAS NECESSARY THAT WE MAKE REVISIONS TO THE PROGRAM THAT WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE USE OFPREVIOUS SAVED GAMES. WE SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE.

THIS UPDATE IS FOR THE CD VERSION ONLY! DO NOT USE THIS UPDATE FOR THE FLOPPY VERSION OF GABRIEL KNIGHT!

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

If you are running the DOS version of Gabriel Knight CD, copy these files into your game directory (e.g. C:\SIERRA\GKCD), and then from within that directory, type GKCD and press [Enter] at the DOS prompt.To run the game, type GKCD and press [Enter] again.

If you are running the Windows version of Gabriel Knight CD, copy these files into your game directory (e.g. C:\SIERRA\GKCD). If you did a Medium or Large installation, this is all you need to do.

If you did a Small installation in Windows, you will need to follow these instructions to install the patch:

1) Start Windows and click on the Gabriel Knight icon once to highlight it. 2) Press [ALT]-[ENTER] to bring up a Program Item Properties dialogue box. 3) In the Command Line box, you will need to change the path of the SIERRAW.EXE file to point to the game directory on your hard drive. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D: and you installed the game to the default \SIERRA\GKCD directory on your C: drive, the Command Line would look like this:

D:\SIERRAW.EXE C:\SIERRA\GKCD\RESOURCE.WIN

To make the patch work with a small install, change the above line to this:

i'm not sure, but i think these are just files that winzip thinks are screensavers. i seem to remember seeing this before (when windows explorer listed some files in sierra games as screensavers). take a look inside your GK1 folder. i bet you will see other files with the extension .scr in there.

what you need to do is launch winzip (i am assuming you have winzip set up for the "classic," format, not the "wizard" format), and then extract these three files into your GK1 directory. you might have your winzip set up for "wizard" mode, in which case i'm not sure exactly how to do this. try right-clicking on the zip file (in windows explorer) and selecting winzip / extract to...

Thank You Emily,I was using the wizard to open up the winzip file. Since yur post I tried my hand at the Classic version and there is a major differnece. The patch I downloaded has alot of files in it. They are:!391.hep391.scr64921.hep64921.scr64929.hep64929.scrGKCD.exeReadmeReadme.batSierra.errSierra.exeSierraw.exe

Do I extract all of these into the GK1 folder ?I have a folder called SIERRA in it is:GKCDSHA >FavoritesSIERRA >GK1WIN

Which folder do I extract these files too.?To start the game I have been going to the Sierra Folder then GKCD folder then clicking on Sierra.exe and the game starts.

Yes you extract all of them to the game folder. Wherever the bulk of the game files are is where they go. You should see similar files in that folder. It's probably the GKCD folder, but check to make sure.